Comparative analysis of surgical outcomes: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open thoracotomy in organizing thoracic empyema management

• Thanat Suwanarawat ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thanat Suwanarawat, Rachata Deesang, Sasikarn Tawanseree, Sikkawat Watcharasoonthonkit

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Rachata Deesang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thanat Suwanarawat, Rachata Deesang, Sasikarn Tawanseree, Sikkawat Watcharasoonthonkit

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Sasikarn Tawanseree ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thanat Suwanarawat, Rachata Deesang, Sasikarn Tawanseree, Sikkawat Watcharasoonthonkit

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Sikkawat Watcharasoonthonkit ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thanat Suwanarawat, Rachata Deesang, Sasikarn Tawanseree, Sikkawat Watcharasoonthonkit

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Somcharoen Saeteng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tengearneae@gmail.com (SS); Apichat.t@cmu.ac.th (AT)

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Clinical Surgical Research Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Sophon Siwachat,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Clinical Surgical Research Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Apichat Tantraworasin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tengearneae@gmail.com (SS); Apichat.t@cmu.ac.th (AT)

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Clinical Surgical Research Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Clinical Surgical Research Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7913-2799

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